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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182 · Monahans, TX · September 10, 1983

Date: September 10, 1983 · 12:00 local
Place: Monahans, TX
Airport: Roy Hurd Memorial
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3447R
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW83LA433
Reported as: Cessna 182
Reported engine: Continental O470R
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 140 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot pulled prop through and engine started and crashed into hangar.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PULLED PROP THROUGH AND ENGINE STARTED AND CRASHED INTO HANGAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB FTW83LA433Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMonahans, TXN3447R collided with a hanger after the plt hand propped the unoccupied and unchocked acft. The plt stated that the acft's battery was too weak to turn it past the compression stroke. The plt got out to pull the prop through top dead center and it started.…Sep 10, 1983 · Substantial damage